Name: REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Brand: Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes originales, Têtes, Paysages et différents Sujet, dessinées et gravées par Rembrandt
Price: 70000.00 GBP
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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Recueil de Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes originales, Têtes, Paysages et différents Sujet, dessinées et gravées par Rembrandt
the album containing 75 etchings by Rembrandt, 2 formerly considered by the artist, 27 copies and 15 prints in the manner of Rembrandt (119 prints in total)
on thick laid paper, some with letterpress text verso
printed on separate sheets and pasted onto wove paper album leaves
first published by H.-L. Basan, Paris, circa 1807-09
the later Bernard edition, with the original title-page with the address Chez H.L. Basan Marchand d'Estampes, / Rue et hôtel Serpente, no 14., and list of contents
with the mottled blue cardboards and green paper-covered spine
the binding worn, the spine split, the plates toned and with some foxing
the prints generally in good condition
Overall 465 x 325 x 15 mm.

Private Collection, Germany.

G. W. Nowell-Usticke, Rembrandt's Etchings, States and Values, Livingston Publishing Co., Narberth, 1967, pp. 18-20.
E. Hinterding, The History of Rembrandt's Copperplates, with a Catalogue of those that survive, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, 1995, pp. 29-34.
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Text & Plates, compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Amsterdam, 2013.

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The present album comprises the following 75 impressions from Rembrandt's original plates:
Bartsch 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 33, 34, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 55, 57, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 80, 81, 83, 87, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 99, 102, 105, 113, 118, 119, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 131, 133, 136, 151, 152, 164, 168, 170, 176, 179, 192, 194, 195, 196, 237, 270, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 279, 283, 290, 321, 349, 365, 368.
The following two prints included here were previously considered by Rembrandt but have since been rejected: Bartsch 295 and 344.
The most complete examples of the Basan album also include the following, which are missing from this volume: Bartsch 39, 200 and 205.
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